A new method can remotely map crop types in low- or middle-income countries where agricultural data are sparse. The maps will help scientists and policymakers track global food supplies and estimate ...

The Chinese government aims to enhance food security and reduce its dependence on imports. One step in that direction is the ...

Agribusiness is a vital industry that hasn’t been known for its sustainable practices. But over the last few decades, this has slowly changed, from discontinuing some harmful pesticides to allowing ...

Researchers have planted a variety of crops amid solar panels at the University of Illinois to test agrivoltaics — an emerging system where farming and energy production happen simultaneously.

The team created a border-to-border map of Thailand’s four major crops — rice, cassava, sugarcane, and maize — and determined which of the four types was grown, at every 10 meters, and without gaps, ...